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Jurors in the trial of Constance Briscoe have been discharged after failing to reach verdicts.

The barrister and part-time judge had been charged with three counts of perverting the course of justice in relation to the Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce speeding penalty points swapping.

Jurors had been deliberating since Wednesday afternoon.

Ms Briscoe, 56, had been accused of lying to police on witness statements about her role as an intermediary between Chris Huhne and his estranged wife Vicky Pryce and newspaper journalists in revealing details of the speeding points saga.